Bust-contour pad



Get. 21, 1947. A. COOPER 2,429,308

BUST-CONTOUR PAD Filed Oct. 8, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR.

BY AR TlNs COOPER AT 'roRNEY Oct. 21, 1947. COOPER 2,429,308

BUST-CONTOUR PAD Fild Oct. a, 1945 2 Shqets-Sheet 2 FMLHZ FIG. 15 FIG.16

INVENT OR.

BY ARTIN; COOP-ER ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 21, 1947 UNITED STATES, PATENTOFFICE.

BUST-CONTOUR ran Artlnce ('ioopcr, Auburn, Ind. Application Dctober a,1945, Serial No. 621,020

2 Claims. 1

taken into account.

Upon the above concept, the oblect of my invention, broadly stated, isto provide a pad device embodying a portion designed to simulate and tosubstitutionally replace the removed breast, and portions tosubstitutionally restore symmetry to the adjacent bust regionsaforesaid; such device to be of construction and arrangement lendingitthe region of the axilla or arm pit, should'be self to beingconveniently applied, and to be comfortably worn. Further aims are to sodesign the device that it is light in weight, neat and trim inappearance, economical of manufacture, durable and dependable, andcapable of alteration as to size, proportions and dimensions inconformity with specific individual requirements.

To the above named ends, my invention is embodied in, and its objectsareacco'mplished by the new construction, combination and arrangement ofparts described in the following specification, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and defined in the claims. For brevity. theintegumentary elements composing the reverse side of the pad arereferred to as bottom sheets. Those composing the obverse side arereferred to as top sheets.

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Figure'i is a perspective view of my new bust contour pad as it appearsin readiness to be ap plied to use.

Figure 2 is an elevational view in the direction of arrow 2 in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an enlarged cross section view on broken line 3-4 in Figure1.

Figure 4 is an enlarged cross'section view on the broken line 4-4 inFigure 1.

Figure 5 is an enlarged cross section view on the broken line 5-5 inFigure 1. k

Figure 6 is a detail.

Figure 7 is an enlarged cross section view, on the broken line 1-1 inFigure 1.

Figure 8 is a diagrammatic top plan view depicting the form of sheetdesigned to constitute 2 the bottom or underside of the body-structure(hereinafter called case) of my improved pad.

Figure 9 is a diagrammatic top plan view show ing the form of sheetwhich is designed to constitute the top of said case.

Figure 10 is a diagrammatic top plan view illustrating the form of sheetwhich is to constitute the bottom portion of the covering or envelope inwhich the said case is enclosed.

Figure 11 is a diagrammatic top plan view showing the form of sheetdesigned to constitute thetop portion of the covering in which the saidcase is enclosed.

Figure 12 is a diagrammatic top plan view depicting the appearance ofthe case top-sheet after the dart therein will have been closed.

Figure 13 is a diagrammatic top plan view indicatin the appearance ofthe cover, top-sheet after the dart in the forepart thereof will havebeen closed and said sheet will have been lain upon the said casetop-sheet'and'its border edges will have been united, except in the areabetween the points 28 and 28, and after the stufling will have beeninserted into the case through the gap between the sheets thereof (atthe area between the points 26 and 28) and after the border edges atsaid area will have been united.

Figure 14 is a diagrammatic elevational view, taken in the direction ofarrow l4 in Figure 13.

Figure 15 is a view depicting a bust of form illustrating the sunkencondition 01' the areas affected by the removal of a breast.

Figure 16'is a view indicating the appearance of my new contour pad inposition applied to the said bust.

A practical procedure in providing the parts for, and in the producingof a pad according to my invention, the structure of said padcomprising, as it does, a soft stufied case of' the peculiar formationand function presently to be pointed out, and which said case isenveloped in a light strong covering including attachment straps, isdescribed as follows.

A ply of flexible textile material suchas cotton felting or the like,and which said ply is fashioned to the form as indicated in Figure 8, Idesignate as the case bottom-sheet 2|. V

A ply of similar material fashioned to the form indicated in Figure 9 isdesignated as the case top-sheet 23. The said top-sheet 23 at itsforward portion is of enlarged dimensions, its borders 24 at saidforward portion being of predetermined contours, and a. part of saidforward portion being cut away to provide a dart opening having theopposed seam edges 25.

A ply of light strong flexible material such as cotton or batiste isfashioned to the form indicated in Figure and it is designated as coverbottom-sheet 29. A ply of similar material and which is cut to the formindicated in Figure 11, I designate as the cover top-sheet 30. Saidcover top-sheet 30 at its forward portion is of enlarged dimensions, theborder edges 3| thereof are of predetermined contours and a part of itsfrontal areais cut away to provide an angular opening having the opposedseam edges 33.. The branches of said cover bottom-sheet 29 and of saidcover top-sheet 30 include extensions (see Figures 10 and 11) which willpresently be referred to. In each of the said case sheets 2| and 23, andsaid cover sheets 29 and 30, the inboard branch thereof is directed atan oblique angle to a chord 3l3l of the outboard curve of said sheet(see broken lines in Figure 8) Seam edges 25-25 of the case top-sheet 23(see Figure 9) are now drawn together and sewn, the forward portion ofsaid sheet thus being transformed in cross section and its border edges24 being brought to form similar to that of the forward portion of thecase bottom-sheet 2|. The border edges of the said sheets are then heldin registration and sewn together except in the area between the points26 and 28 (see Figure 12). The case assembly so made as above'describedis now lain upon the cover bottom-sheet 23.

Preparatory to placing the cover top-sheet 30 in place on top of thesaid case'assembly, the seam edges 33 thereof are sewn together, theforward portion of said sheet being thereby transformed in cross sectionwhereby its border outline is brought to form similar to that of theforward portion of the said bottom sheet 29. The said cover top-sheet 30is now lain on the said case assembly (and which said case assembly, in

turn, is lying on the cover bottom-sheet 29), and

its border edges are united (see Figure 13) except in the area betweenthe points 26 and 28, with the border edges of the cover bottom-sheet29, and the border edges of the case bottom-sheet 2| and the casetop-sheet 23, as by sewing in the usual manner by machines adapted forthe purposes and whereby the said edges are secured together in thinflattened status. The said sheets are then sewn together along the line40 which is of the curvature indicated in Figure 13. The matchedextensions of the branches of the cover bottom-sheet 28 and covertop-sheet 30 (see Figure 13) are then finished into the form of straps35 and 35 as by suitably hemming their edges. Fasteners for the ends ofsaid straps are preferably of the hook-and-eye type, same being appliedin the manner as indicated in detail in Figure 6.

Stufiing which consists of fiocculent material such as kapok is appliedthrough the gap at the unbound portions of the case bottom sheet 2| andthe case top-sheet 23, between the points 21 and 2B, and is worked intoplace whereby the space between said sheets at their forward portions(bounded by the stitched line 40) will have been filled. Similarly,stufllng is then applied through the gap at the unbound portions of saidsheets between the points 21 and 28 (see Figure 13) and is worked intoplace whereby the space between their trunk or median portions andbranch portions will have become properly filled. The structure now isof the appearance in plan as indicated in Figure 18; and in elevation,as indicated in Figure 14, its forepart being conoidal and withunderside slightly convex; and the trunk and'branches of the structurebeing biconvex in cross section, the distal portions of said branchesbeing of thinned leaf-like formation. Completion'of the binding of theborder edges of the structure consists of sewing said edges in themanner above indicated, at the area between the points 26, 21 and 28(see Figure 13) The several parts constructed, arranged and combined asjust described constitute a pad of completed form as indicated in theplan view Figure 13, and in the perspective view Figure 1 and whereinthe ends of the straps 35 and 38 are in the connected status. Curviformin plan; and bifurcated, posterior branches thereby being provided, thepad is of form to be applied to the sunken bust areas M, 4,5, 46, 41 and48 (see Figure 15) and in the position indicated in Figure 16.

The surface contour of the convex underside 49 of the conoidal bulgeor'protube'rance 50, and the surface contour of the convex underside 5|of the median portion or trunk 52, and the surface contours of theundersides 53 and 54, of the branches 55 and 56 respectively, of saidpad, are such that the pad readily lends itself to be seated in fittingengagement with the aforesaid affected bust areas. And the contours ofthe obverse surfaces of the conoid 50, trunk 52, and branches 55 and 56of the pad supply contours substitutional of and approx-imative to thelost natural contours'of said bust. Thus while the conoid, resting as itdoes at the affected area 44, constitutes a substitutional breast; thefillet 88, the trunk portion 52, branch 55 and branch 56 resting, asthey do, at the areas 45, 46, 41 and 48, respectively, of the bust,constitute substitutional replacements for the lost natural contours.

The fillet 58, inner margins of the branches 55 and 58, and the straps35 and 36 which will have been suitably adjusted, provide an arm-scyewhereby the user is enabled to conveniently apply the pad snugly toplace. The-conventional corset or brassire 6! is then arranged, the endsthereof being brought about in the usual manner and fastened in theback. The conoid 50 of the pad will have been received within the pocketof the brassire, where it rests in correct relation to the bust form.

The device of course may be made in righthand pattern, as wellin theleft-hand pattern shown, and it is of utility in instances where thebust deficiencies are incident to the removal of either one or both ofthe breasts. The inner portion of the base of the conoid 50 beingdefined by the stitched line 40, a modification for obtaining more orless fullness of form of the conoid involves only an obvious change inthe form of the dart 53 and of the border edges ofthe fore portions ofthe case top sheet and the cover top sheet. The procedures in making myimproved pad may be varied in conformity with the facilities availableand requirements as to quantity.

It will be understood that the exemplification of my invention givenhere is typical, and that alterations and modifications may be madewithin the scope of the invention as it is defined in the claims withoutdeparting from the principle or spirit of the invention or sacrificingany of its advantages.

What I claim as my invention is:

1, A bust contour pad the integument thereof consisting of opposed softflexible sheets each curviform in plan and bifurcated, the inboardbranch of each of said sheets being directed at an oblique angle to alongitudinal chord of the outer curve of said sheet, and each of saidbranches having a flat flexible extension adapted to be interconnectedat their outboard ends, the fore part of one sheet being semicircular inplan and the forepart of the other sheet being of expanded formation inplan and having a dart opening, and the borders of said fore part beingof predetermined curvatures, said sheets being secured together along acurved line extending rearwardly from the basal portion of said inboardbranch and thence forwardly to the opposite edge of said combinedsheets, and the opposed edges of said dart opening being united,stufiing applied between said sheets at their fore parts to distend thefore part of the last named sheet into the form of a conoid, andstuffing applied between the sheets at their trunk and branch portionsto distend same to biconvex formation longitudinally and transversely,and the borders of said sheets being united, substantially as describedand shown.

2. A bust contour pad consisting of a pair of soft flexible textilesheets curviform in plan and bifurcated, the inboard branch of each ofsaid sheets being directed at an oblique angle to a chord of theoutboard curve of said sheets, the fore part of one sheet beingsemicircular in plan and the forepart of the other of said sheets be--ing of expanded plan formation and having a radial dart therein, a pairof soft flexible textile sheets that are similar to and which enclosethe first named pair of sheets, the branches of the last named pair ofsheets including flat flexible extensions adapted to be interconnectedat their outboard ends, all of said sheetsbeing secured together along acurved line extending rearwardly from the forward portion of the base ofsaid inboard branch thence forwardly to the opposite edge of saidcombined sheets, stufiing applied between the first named sheets attheir foreparts to distend same into the form of a conoid, and stuffingapplied between said first named sheets at their trunk and branchportions to distend same to blconvex formation, and the borders of saidcombined sheets being united, substantially as shown.

ARTINCE COOPER.

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